¹

Then Eliphaz the Thæmanite answered and said,

¹

Отвњща' же е^лиџа'съ фема'нитинъ гл~я.

²

Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words?

²

е^гда` мно'жицею гл~анот^и бысть въ ᲄрђдњхъ. крњпость же гл~ъ твои^хъ кто` стерпи'тъ.

³

For whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one,

³

а^ще боты` наё^чилъ е^си мно'ги, и^ рђцњ немо'щнаго ё^тњшилъ е^си.

⁴

and hast supported the failing with words, and hast imparted courage to feeble knees.

⁴

немо'щныя же въꙁдви'глъ е^си словесы, колњнома же немо'щныхъ дръзостїю ѓ^бложи'лъ е^си.

⁵

Yet now that pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled.

⁵

нн~њ же прїиде на' тя бо'лезнь и^ коснђ ти ся, тыy потща'ся.

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Is not thy fear founded in folly, thy hope also, and the mischief of thy way?

⁶

кое` ё^бо не страX л^и твои е^сть въ беꙁђмїе, и^ наде'жа твоя` и^ злоба пђти твое^го.

⁷

Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?

⁷

помяни' же ё^бо кт^о чи'стъ сы'и поги'бе, и^л^и когда` и%сᲄиннїи вс^и и^с корене поги'бошA,

⁸

Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.

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ја%коже видXњ ѓ^рђщихъ зло'бою, и^ сњ'ющїи же я& печа'ли по'жнTђ себњ`.

⁹

They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.

⁹

эT повелњнїя гн~я поги'бнђт#. эT дх~а гнњва е^го и^счеꙁнђтᲆ.

¹⁰

The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.

¹⁰

сила львова, гла'съ же льви'ца, хвале'нїе же ꙁмїево ё^гасе`”

¹¹

The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.

¹¹

Мравїи льва погђби`, зане же не и^мња'ше бра'шна. лви'чищаy львовы ѓ^ста'виша дрђ'гъ дрђга.

¹²

But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him?

¹²

а^ще л^и гл~ъ кїи и%стиненъ б^њ въ словесњхъ твои^хъ. никое^ же ё^бо эT сиX бы т^я срњло ѕло'е. кое` ё^бо не прїиметъ ли м^и ё%хо вла'сти, эT него'же

¹³

But as when terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night,

¹³

стра'хомъ и^ гла'сомъ но'щнымъ напада'я стра'хᲆ на чл~кы.

¹⁴

horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.

¹⁴

гроза же м^я срњте и^ трепетъ, и^ ѕњло ко'сти моа сътрясе`”

¹⁵

And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered.

¹⁵

И$ дх~ъ на лице м^и наи^де. ё^страшиша же ми ся вла'си и^ плᲆти,

¹⁶

I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, saying,

¹⁶

въстаX и^ не разђмXњ. видXњ и^ не бњ` ѓ^бличїя преD ѓ^чима мои'ма, н^о дх~ъ и^ глаs слы'шаX.

¹⁷

What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works?

¹⁷

чт^о б^о е^гда` чи'стъ бђдетъ чл~къ преD бм~ъ. и^л^и эT дњлъ своихъ бес поро'ка мђжъ”

¹⁸

Whereas he trusts not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels.

¹⁸

А$ще на рабы` своа не вњрђеT, на а^гг~лы своя жестоко.

¹⁹

But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth.

¹⁹

чт^о помы'слилъ на живђщих же въ берныхъ хлњвинаX, эT ниX же и^ сами эT того же бернїа е^смы`. пораꙁи и^хъ ја%коже мо'лїе,

²⁰

And from morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves.

²⁰

и^ эT ё^тра да'же до' вечера ја%ко не сђть. ꙁане же не мого'ша себњ помощи` погибо'ша.

²¹

For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom.

²¹

дђ'нђ же ё^бо на ня і^ и^схоша. погибо'ша зане же не и^мњяхђ премђдрость”